Agriculture is the main
occupation of the people in the District. Dairy is the main supplementary source of income
of the farmers in the district. The soil is fertile, and the district is well
drained by the Champal and Sind rivers and the tributary streams of the Kunwari and
Pahuj.
As per 1991 census, the share of Agricultural sector claim about 78% of
the total workers numbering 3,28,020, of these 40,496( about 12%) are agricultural
labourers as against 2,14,081 (about 65%) cultivators.
Land Holding Pattern of the
total area of 445204 Ha., 12066 Ha are under cultivation, and 8905Ha are
forest area, 58579Ha are non cultivatable land.
The District can be credited with a high percentage of the net sown
area. The per capita net sown and per capita cultivable area in 1971 respectively are
0.42Ha and 0.44 Ha. The net sown area amount to 296095 Ha in 2000-01.
The total irrigated area of the District in 1974-75 is given as
below (In Ha.)
| Canals |
Tube Wells |
Well |
ponds |
Other Sources |
Net Area
Irrigated |
Area Irrigated
more than once |
Gross Area
Irrigated |
| 30293 |
11196 |
49226 |
42 |
3792 |
105332 |
9730 |
115062 |
Development
of Irrigation
Bhind
Canal Project It has almost literally been the backbone of the District
irrigation since long. It was constructed back in the year 1919 and was completed by 1933
under the erstwhile Gwalior State regime. The canal irrigates the beds of Kunwari Baisli
right up to the limits of Sindh and would ultimately be irrigating 80% of its whole
command area.The lenght of this canal is 917 Km.
Bhander and Ambah branch Canals The Bhander canal involved
an estimated cost of Rs. 1.30 Crores with a designed irriagtion capacity of over 12000Ha
and Canals tottaling in length to 92 Km. This Canal irrigating the beds of Chambal and
Kunwari. The last stageb of Ambah Canal lies in the Bhind District.It has an irrigation
capacity of 2,326 Ha of rabi crops in the District.
Mata Tila Dam Lahar tehsil is provided with additional
irrigation under the Mata Tila Irrigation project. It is supposed to irrigate 4.856
Ha.
Tank Wells are used to irrigate around 1000Ha of land.
Tube Wells scheme run with the financial assistance of
Agricultural Refinancing Corporation (ARC) , is the most important in the field of Minor
irrigation.
CROPS
Both the Rabi and Khariff crops cultivated with the
former being in much greater prominence than they had been n the past. Rabi
cultivation has gained significantly along with the increase in irrigation in this area.
In Khariff crops , the development of certain crops like rice and bajra have
given particular attention and have registered progress. This growth of Kharif
crops has evidently been due to decreasing popularity of other misc. food crops consisting
mostly of millets, which had earlier occupied a much larger area together under them.
Between 1970 -71 to 75 an over all increase of nearly 70% in the
production of food grains was recorded followed by about 65% increase in oil seeds.
Area Under Principal Crops in ('000 Hectares) (2000-01)
| Wheat |
Rice |
Jowar |
Maize |
Gram |
Tur |
Other
pulses |
suger cane |
vegetables |
sesamum |
grou
nd nut |
| 76 |
14 |
12 |
5 |
46 |
9 |
39 |
0.089 |
1.1 |
2.6 |
0.008 |
| soybean |
rape &
Mustard |
Tobacco |
Non food crops |
Drugs and
Narcotics |
condiments and
spices |
|
|
|
|
|
| 0.194 |
80 |
32 |
133 |
3 |
1.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
Traditional
cropping practices along with old conventional tools, are still used commonly but
the farmers have readily adopted the improved models of the traditional tools or the new
agricultural machinery as well.
Agricultural research Farm started in July 1955 . The crops experimented with and
grown there include soyabean (Brag), Paddy, cotton ,Jowar (swarna) ,maize (Chandan),
bajra,pulses, sesamum, and sunflower in Kharif and wheat, gram , peas, lahat
5904 and toria (Shamgarh) etc in Rabi season.
Krishi Upaj MANDIES OF DISTRICT BHIND
There are six Mandies in District Bhind namely
| 1. |
BHIND |
Sub Mandi PHOOPH & AKODA |
| 2. |
GOHAD |
- |
| 3. |
MEHGAON |
Sub Mandi AMAYAN |
| 4. |
MAU |
- |
| 5. |
LAHAR |
Sub Mandi MIHONA |
| 6. |
ALAMPUR |
Sub Mandi DABOH |
Animal
Husbandry
The livestock census 1972 returned 210,563 cattle in the District
which consisted of 142,049 Bullocks and 98,514 cows. Bullocks are used in farm and for
transportation. The differentbreads of goats found are Jamunapari, Burbari,and deshi,
while the sheap are of local breed. Generally, the natural inbreeding takes place among
them and they are reared for milk and mutton. Hariyana among the cattle and Bhadawari
and Murra among buffaloes are the main breeds reared in the District.
Poultry
Poultry farming in this area was formerly limited more or less to some
particular communities and generally in the economically weaker sections. With the
increasing popularity of eggs poultry farming is now being pursued by larger section of
the population.
Fisheries
From Chambal on the north , Sindh on the western borders of the
district and Pahujon the eastern limits , the various big and small rivers and nallas form
the principal fish resources in the District. Pissiculture is done at the departmental
level in the reservoir on the river Vaisali at Gohad.
Livestock Details (2000-01)
| Cattle |
Buffalo |
Sheep |
Goat |
Horse |
donkey |
camel |
Pigs |
Total |
Poultry |
| 207225 |
290047 |
44516 |
138330 |
734 |
1107 |
1363 |
9856 |
693178 |
18819 |
There are 12
veterinary hospitals and 29 dispensaries in the district.
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